Steph Houghton Quotes

We have to change a norm that has been in existance for years .... If we [female actresses] aren't paid equally, why would we be expected to be treated equally.

If I have a daughter and she plays tennis, and I have a son who plays tennis, I wouldn't say that my son deserves more money because he's a man. I would say they deserve the same amount of money.

Do things fairly, especially with your children. Girls deserve equal opportunities, especially in getting educated as well as equal sharing in business.

When we reach the point where the women athletes are getting their pick of dates just as easily as the men athletes, then we've really and truly arrived. Parity at last!

My own mother always taught me that fairness was a family value - I think equal pay is about fairness for everyone.

Equal Rights

There are people out there every day really fighting the fight for equal rights, equal pay, equal treatment. They're inspiring.

I get asked to comment a lot on inequality in cycling, but for me it has never been an issue. Everything has always been equal on the track, and the male and female riders are all part of the same team, and we all mix freely.

Tennis has always been at the forefront of equality between men and women's prize money.

I certainly believe in equal rights.

The goal is to not be patted on the back for hiring a woman, because it shouldn't be an exceptional thing. It should just be commonplace that women should have equal opportunities as men.

You believe in equality for women and men. And that means that, not only do you believe in it kind of in the abstract but you actively think people should seek it when it comes to the way you hire people, the way you compensate people, the way you treat women and men in professional settings and school, whatever the case, giving them equal opportunities without disadvantaging them because of their, for the fact that they're women. And to me that's what it means for me to be a feminist. I don't think it's that controversial.

Before I leave this Earth, I would like to know they have given women the same benefits and promotions as men.

Fair treatment in the work force is no longer exclusively a labor issue, nor is it a women's issue - it is a fundamental economic issue.

The University has a moral obligation to provide equal opportunities to women, minority persons and all other groups who work or seek to work at Harvard.

I believe all men, all women, regardless of race, gender, socioeconomic background, you deserve the same rights.

I am a woman. I write SF. And it's not acceptable to treat me as anything less than an equal. I won't stand for it.

I only ask of the government to be treated as all other men are treated.

I am treated no different than the other girls.

If women want to be treated equally, then they can't ask for sops and whine about not being treated equally. All I'll say is no guts, no glory for men or women.

Obama signed the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act to ensure fair pay for women in the workplace. In addition, he succeeded in getting a measure passed to end discrimination against gays in the military.

It is a wise man who said that there is no greater inequality than the equal treatment of unequals.

Equality of the sexes is promoted in societal activity and working life, especially in the determination of pay and the other terms of employment.

I demand simple justice. I am not here as beggar. I do not care so far as I am personally concerned whether you give me a seat or not. I will go back to my people and come here again.

Equal Rights for All, Special Privileges for None.